"Apocalypto"

[pontius]

Anybody seen this yet? I saw it today and thought it was fantastic. very violent and gory in parts, but also very touching and sad in other parts. Mel Gibson may be a fiend when he starts drinking, but he can still make a good movie. this is his best, imo. better than "Passion of the Christ" (and more violent as well).
basically, if you haven't heard much about it......a Mayan village is captured for use as slaves and human sacrifice. the main character must try to get back to his wife and son who he has hidden and stranded in an underground cave they can't get out of unless he comes back for them. it's basically a fictitional story set to a historical backdrop, but it's good. if you like history, you should love it. it shows human sacrifice in detail. and also shows how jaguars eat people alive in detail.

 

[josebob]

i saw it and it was great.

i loved the entire movie. but being mexican myself. i think that the public will think that the mayans were just stupid savages and thats all they did. but then again it was just a movie.
oh and mexicans are not mayans. they are a mix of native mexican indians and white people from spain. that is why we speak spanish.
i am tired of hearing people say so u r a mayan right, thats what the movie is saying.

 

[royal gang]

im mexican american, but might as well call me american
i have no knowledge about mayans or spain or anything at all, i think the way they kill dogs in mexican pounds is herrendows, i dunno how to write very well in spanish, i think building houses with cement is wrong lmao, i hate virgen de guadalupe >:| i
dun like the music, or the language, im against immigrants
mexico lindo mi mierda imbecil!!

 

[royal gang]

oh love the movie btw lol

 

[1journeyman]

Royal, please remember that this is a public forum and act appropriately.

 

[aquaknight]

I thought the film was great, saw it the Friday it came out. You can tell the film is good because, as you watch it, you start to not even realize what that they're speaking in their native tongue and there's subtitltes. You still don't know what they're saying, but you kinda immerse yourself in the movie, and get what they want to do/implying through their emotions, great acting. The sets and backgrounds are amazing, esp. at the Mayan village. I was quite worried though, because I ABSOLUTELY HATE that around the neck camera that everyone loves to use now, and with all the running that's in this movie, I thought it would be used all the time, thankfully it's kept to one or two shots. Fantasic ending too, I'll just leave it at that... :thinking:

 

[phixer]

I havent seen it yet but if its anything like the last 3 of his movies Id really like to see it.

 

[shogun323]

What a great movie!! I just saw it this evening. I was very impressed. As Aquaknight said you get so sucked into the movie and you forget there is subtitles. Lots of running, bludgening, beating and agreat ending!!!
The sad thing is that during the movie I actually said to myself, "this is great, I will have be sure and post about it on the thread in the Aquarium under Phix." Crazy message board!!! I wish I could quit you!!!!!!